Improvement in trunks



w. J. LARGE.

TRUNK;

Patented Jan. 4,1876;

Non I I N.FETERS. PHQTO-LITHOGRAHER, WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. LARGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 71,823, dated January 4, 1876; application filed November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. LARGE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trunks, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a trunk, to which my improvement has been ap-- plied. Fig.'-2 is a detail'section of the same, taken through the the line a: w, Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the same taken through the line y 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail section of the same taken through the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of that class of trunks that are provided with trays, so as to make them more convenient in use, allowing access to be had readily to any of the various compartments.

The invention consists in the two trays hinged to each other in combination with the trunk; in the combination of the extension or sliding hinges, and the keepers with the tray and the cover of the trunk; in the combination of the pins with the keepers, and with the slots formed in the upper straps of the extension or sliding hinges; in the combination of the knobs with the upper tray, and with the body and cover of the trunk, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the body of the trunk, and B is the lid or cover, which are hinged to each other in the ordinary way. 0 is the lower tray, which rests upon cleats (1, attached to the ends of the trunk-body A, and upon the top of which the upper tray D rests. The lower tray 0 is made with a detachable bottom, 0 which may be removed when the lower tray is not required to be used. The lower tray 0 is also provided with a lid, 0 hinged at its rear edge. The upper tray D is also provided with a cover, d, hinged at its rear edge. The two trays G D are connected at their rear edges by hinges E, to keep them in their proper positions, while allowing the upper tray to be turned up to obtain access to the lower tray without getting it out of place. F are extension-hinges, the lower straps of which are attached to the rear edge of the lower tray 0. The upper straps of the hinges F extend up along the rear part of the cover B, have crossheads' formed upon their upper ends, and pass through keepers G, attached to the cover B. The keepers G, when the cover is turned back,

slide along the upper strap of the'hinges F. The connection between the upper straps of the hinges F and'the cover B may be further strengthened by a pin, f that passes through the keeper Gr and through a slot, f in the said upper strap of the hinges F. H are knobs attached to the rear edge of the upper tray D, which, when the said tray is raised, enter the space between the cover B and trunk-body A, to keep the said tray from slipping out of place. To the end of the upper tray D is at tached one end of a narrow spring-plate, I, which has a notch or hole formed in it to receive a pin, J, attached to the end of the cover B, tohold the said upper tray in place when raised. To the upper part of the end of the trunk-body A is hinged an arm or bracket, K, which, when the lower tray 0 is raised, may be swung out beneath the corner of the said tray G, and thus support it in position. When the tray 0 is to be lowered, the bracket K may be swung against the end of the trunk-body A so as to be out of the way. The tray 0 is raised and lowered by a loop, L, attached to the lower part of its forward edge. The loop L, when the tray O is raised, may be hooked upon a knob, M, attached to the forward edge of the cover B, to support the said tray.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- I. The two trays O D hinged to each other, in combination with the trunk A B, substantially'as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the extension or sliding hinges F and the keepers G with the tray 0 and the cover B, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the pinsf with the keepers G and with the slots f formed in the upper straps of the extension or sliding hinges F, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination of the knobs H with the upper tray D and with the body and cover A B of the trunk, substantially as herein shown and described.

-WILLIAM J. LARGE.

Witnesses:

J Arms '1. GRAHAM, T. B. Mosnna. 

